7/31/06 PETRIDIS
CELEBRITY CRUISE CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO, AND IS SENTENCED FOR, OPERATING A CRUISE SHIP UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL - Former Captain in Fined, Placed on Probation, and Agrees to Stay Out of United States Waters as Crewmember for One Year
7/28/06 MILLER
TACOMA FELON SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG POSSESSION - Man with Lengthy Criminal History Admits Dealing PCP, Using Firearm to Protect Drug Trade
7/28/06 GUIMONT
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN - Man Engaged in On-line Chats about Molesting Children
7/27/06 AKRAM
EVERETT MAN CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD AND FOOD STAMP FRAUD - Specialty Grocery Owner Paid Cash for Food Stamps
7/26/06 OPERATION SOMALIA EXPRESS
EIGHTEEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING IN "OPERATION SOMALIA EXPRESS" - Imported and Distributed Highly Addictive "Khat" into East African Immigrant Communities
7/21/06 GHAG
KENT MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ECSTASY TRAFFICKING - Defendant One of Five in Conspiracy to Distribute Ecstasy from Canada
7/21/06 HERNANDEZ-NAVA
MOUNT VERNON RESIDENT GETS SEVEN YEAR SENTENCE FOR METH DISTRIBUTION - Three Members of Drug Ring Sentenced; Associate Was Fatally Shot During Drug Raid
7/21/06 SWAGERTY
STATE PRISON INMATE GETS FEDERAL TIME AFTER CONFESSING TO BANK ROBBERY - Defendant Confesses to Bank Robbery While Serving State Sentence for Assault
7/21/06 PALOMERA
BROTHERS FROM SOUTH SNOHOMISH COUNTY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DEALING COCAINE - Men Repeatedly Sold Cocaine to Undercover Agents
7/20/06 TRAVER
LONGVIEW MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR RETALIATING AGAINST POLICE INFORMANT - Defendants Beat and Threatened Informant, Held Loaded Gun to Informant's Head
7/19/06 FUHR
TWENTY-SIXTH GUILTY PLEA IN COCAINE AND OXYCODONE DISTRIBUTION RING - Feds Take Gang Members off Streets for Lengthy Terms
7/14/06 MILMAN
KIRKLAND COUPLE INDICTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY - Owners of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered
7/14/06 RAJ
BUILDERS OF DRUG TUNNEL BETWEEN CANADA AND US SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON - Judge Sends Message to Drug Traffickers: Marijuana Smuggling Serious Crime
7/11/06 DEADBEAT PARENTS
FEDS ARREST DEADBEAT PARENTS FOR CHRONIC FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT - On-going Operation to Crack down on Support Scofflaws
7/7/06 CARSON
PIERCE COUNTY "CAREER OFFENDER" SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON - Defendant on Pierce County Violent crime Task Force's Top Ten Most Wanted List
7/7/06 O'BRYANT
VANCOUVER WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN - Safeway Store Employee had used Camera Phone to Take Picture of Child in Restroom
7/7/06 ORELLANA
LOS ANGELES MAN WHO DEALT LARGE QUANTITIES OF METH IN CLARK COUNTY SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON - Defendant Sold Pound Quantities of Highly Pure Meth Brought up from LA
7/7/06 MCILWAIN
SIX SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH FORKS, WASHINGTON GUN THEFTS - Men Broke into Hardware Store, Stole Guns and Altered Serial Numbers
7/5/06 STOKER
SILVERDALE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORN - Used Internet to Entice 11-year-old Girl to Send Nude Photos
7/4/06 MARINE CONSERVATION FUND
MARINE CONSERVATION FUND AWARDS $1.7 MILLION IN GRANTS TO RESTORE PUGET SOUND - Funding Comes from Settlement with Shipping Line That Used "Magic Pipe" to Illegally Dump Oil
7/3/06 FRIEND
CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY, AGREES TO 19 YEAR TERM FOR ARMED ROBBERIES OF CREDIT UNION - Defendant Recruited Others to Scheme - Robbed Credit Union Twice in Six Months